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Song of the Day 3/15: The Wailin’ Jennys, “One Voice”

By Alby March 15, 20222 Comments

One voice, the adage goes, makes more noise than 1,000 voices that remain silent. Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor of Russian state TV's Channel One, staged a one-woman protest by interrupting…

Song of the Day 3/14: Hot Butter, “Popcorn”

By Alby March 14, 20221 Comment

EARWORM ALERT One of the first compositions written expressly for the synthesizer is also one of the best-selling instrumentals of all time -- but not in its original version. "Pop…

Song of the Day 3/13: Sonny Dae and His Knights, “Rock Around the Clock”

By Alby March 13, 2022

American exceptionalism at work: Daylight Savings Time started today in the USA. It doesn't begin until March 27 in Europe. In 1955 Bill Haley's recording of this song topped all…

Song of the Day 3/11: The Staves, “I’m on Fire”

By Alby March 11, 2022

One of Bruce Springsteen's simplest compositions is also his most frequently covered -- well over 100 versions are out there. The Staves -- the stage name of the Staveley-Taylor sisters…

Song of the Day 3/10: Dua Lipa, “Levitating”/Artikal Sound System, “Live My Life”

By Alby March 10, 2022

A copyright infringement lawsuit was filed last week against Dua Lipa over her hit "Levitating," Billboard's No. 1 song of 2021, by a reggae band called Artikal Sound System. Though…

Song of the Day 3/9: Sugarloaf, “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You”

By Alby March 9, 2022

As Americans face rising gas prices with their usual calm equanimity, a couple of slapdicks in the Middle East have decided they're going to leverage their oil supply to issue…

Song of the Day 3/8: AC/DC, “Big Balls”

By Alby March 8, 20223 Comments

Everybody from pundits to peons is showing love for Voldomyr Zelenskyy, but nobody has put it better than Bon Scott and AC/DC did way back in 1976. Though it all…

Song of the Day 3/7: Every Mother’s Son, “Come on Down to My Boat”

By Alby March 7, 20222 Comments

This seems like a good time to get a bargain on a super-yacht, as governments around the world (not the US, yet) have begun seizing atop-the-liquid assets owned by oligarchs…

Song of the Day 3/6: Cake, “I Will Survive”

By Alby March 6, 2022

A song for Ukraine, which Putin thought would crumble, lay down and die. Not so far. There have been nearly 200 covers of this song, in more than a dozen…

Song of the Day 3/4: Electric Light Orchestra, “Showdown”

By Alby March 4, 20224 Comments

It's raining all over the world. From "On the Third Day," ELO's third LP and its first without co-founder Roy Wood, released in 1973. The single reached No. 12 in…

Song of the Day 3/3: Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Exodus”

By Alby March 3, 20221 Comment

As might be expected, the Russian war on Ukraine has produced lots of refugees -- more than 1 million so far, according to the United Nations, about 2% of the…

Song of the Day 3/2: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, “The Great Gates of Kiev”

By Alby March 2, 2022

Keith Emerson was probably the most technically accomplished keyboard player rock ever saw, and he loved to show off his chops by covering the classics. For The Nice, his band…

Song of the Day 3/1: Paul Simon, “Take Me to the Mardi Gras”

By Alby March 1, 20222 Comments

In another sign that the pandemic is slackening, New Orleans is celebrating Mardi Gras this year after Covid forced last year's cancellation. You can watch some of the parades live…